Sentences with phrase «of musical languages»

Moving across a range of musical languages, the artist incorporates field recording, sound effects and his own voice, alongside electronically generated and recorded material.

It is a wonderful opportunity to better your knowledge of our musical language.

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He was determined that the R. Kelly the world would know — the one who would sell more than 30 million albums, have 36 Billboard Hot 100 hits, invent his own strange musical language, write hits for countless others, and conceive one of the weirdest syntheses of video and music of all time, Trapped in the Closet — would be someone else.

Fundamentalism uses the culture, rituals, sacraments, texts, language, and metaphors and allusions and symbols (verbal, visual, musical, etc.) of religion in blind adherence to a dogma as defined and interpreted by a person or group who is self - aggregating and self - justifying raw personal power for the sole purpose of controlling the lives of others.

A «new approach» to music, on the other hand, may approach «sonic design» or the «organization of sound» from four perspectives: musical space, time and rhythm, musical language, tone color.»

The abstractive hierarchy is both the bane and wellspring of our ability to explain any concrete reality (e.g., a musical event) using concepts, images, or language.

The story was old, the musical setting the work of genius, but the music, at the time, was familiar; Bach employed scores of earlier hymns and even popular songs, and of course the language was German, with the result that the average Protestant churchgoing listener had a new experience — the words and music of the time were recast to provide religious relevance and meaning.

The city is swamped by tourists from Austria and Germany and, for those who don't understand Hungarian (a language not related to any other European language than Finnish), German over «titles are often projected at the top of a theater's proscenium arch, giving not only the summary of words to operas and plays, but the names of every movement of a musical composition.

Importing Vivaldi or Brahms or William Mathias into a church community whose native musical languages are closer to those of Madonna, Jimmy Buffett or John Tesh is like missionaries imposing European or North American religious styles on drastically different cultures.

The Waldorf pedagogy integrates literature, movement, theatre, and the visual and musical arts with a rigorous academic study of science, math, world languages, history, and geography.

Quite simply, we use music and play to enhance all facets of a child's development, including social, language, cognitive, physical and of course, musical - setting them up for success in both school and life.

Brain scans of musicians as they improvised in a musical dialogue with another player showed that the improvisers used regions involved in syntax during production of language.

For example, «the whole idea that musical training and language development may be connected came from me talking to a couple of teachers who said they had students who were poor readers and who also struggled with learning to play a musical instrument and with copying musical patterns and wondered if those two things could be connected.»

Gaab says, «He also encouraged me to think outside the box and let me follow research ideas like the idea of imaging 5 - year - olds — which, back in 2004, nobody thought would be possible — or looking at the connection between musical training and language processing,» Gaab says.

Audio engineers have painstakingly recorded professional vocalists singing combinations of 2,500 phonemes, the core sounds that make up a language, and sampled those combinations at multiple points in the musical scale.

Over the years, many neurobiologists have investigated musical ability, exploring how and why we create music, the relationships between song and language, and other mysteries of musical cognition.

Musical minds When contemplating Erich Jarvis» research on the roots of speech («Finding the brain's common language,» (SN: 7/27/13, p. 32), the

This study looked into the modulatory effects that musical training could have on the use of the different sides of the brain when performing music and language tasks.»

Gustavo Díaz - Jerez, a composer and pianist, and Vico designed Iamus (named after a mythical Greek prophet who understood the language of birds) to employ basic rules of musical notation and the ranges of notes available to various instruments.

In a paper that will be presented on November 4 at the annual meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Diana Deutsch, Trevor Henthorn of the Department of Psychology at the University of California San Diego and Mark Dolson of E - mu / Creative Technology Center show that native speakers of tonal languages, even those with no musical training whatsoever, exhibit a remarkable ability to sound perfect pitches.

Musical training enhances language skills, and language training probably enhances the neural processing of music in the same way.

The act of learning a new skill (especially a new language or musical instrument) sharpens the mind and keeps it young.

The Tourist Rated PG - 13 for violence and brief strong language Available on DVD and Blu - ray Shocking us all this year at the Golden Globes were the inclusion of The Tourist as best picture comedy / musical and best actor and actress noms for its stars Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie.

In case you were wondering, the play's Chinese title translates as the super-snappy The Glamorous White - collars: To Live or to Survive, but regardless, I'll eat my hat if this one doesn't kick off a wave of workplace musicals about the global financial crisis... For those who care, Matteo Garrone starts production on an English - language feature, The Tale of Tales, a modern update of 50 classical tales in the Neapolitan dialect, written by Giambattista Basile in the 17th century.

The three do inevitably form a triangle, but the visually stylish and briskly efficient manner in which Advani and writer - producer Karan Johar introduce the characters in the opening minutes foreshadows how skillfully and intelligently the standard trappings are deployed here — which becomes fully clear once the first full - blown musical number takes place, when Aman's first glimpse of Naina's sad face prompts him to break into a rousing Hindi - language, Bhangra - inflected cover of... «Pretty Woman.»

Ever since the French filmmaker Leos Carax announced Annette as his next film, the project has seemed just too strange to survive the often perilous road to financing and production: an English - language musical from the director of The Lovers On The Bridge and Holy Motors, with original songs by the cult art - pop duo...

At the film's recent press day in Los Angeles, MoviesOnline sat down at a roundtable interview with Chazelle who discussed how he looked for ways to bring a contemporary language that was musical, visual and emotional to a genre that runs the risk of nostalgia.

Like many recent films based on well - known cult comics, director and co-writer Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) attempts to translate, quite literally, the images from the comics to the screen, with phonetic musical demonstrations (songs written by alt - rock fave, Beck), visual name tags for character introductions, and bleeped (visually) foul language.

The film focuses constantly on issues of communication, another key Spielberg theme; in place of the musical tones in Close Encounters [Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 1977] that enable the extraterrestrial visitors to communicate with earthlings, the visitors from another continent in Amistad manage to make a human connection once their insular American sympathizers finally take the trouble to learn their language.

With his usual mastery of language, musical choices, and non-linear storytelling, Tarantino creates a heightened drive - in world that blends Shaw Brothers period pieces, Yakuza films, chanbara, spaghetti Westerns, and even a little anime.

In its musical way, «Disobedience» as a spellbinding breakthrough for Matthew Herbert, who shows a whole other language to express love for a feminine spirit whose attraction at first daren't speak its name, and finally does with a sense of gorgeous, holy passion..

Polanski nevertheless turned it into a successful German - language stage musical in Europe in the late nineties with music by composer Jim Steinman (best known for his «Bat Out of Hell» collaborations with U.S. rocker, Meat Loaf).

Instances of strong adult language, some mild sexual situations, and one mildly risqué musical performance, «Otto Titsling» (edited out in TV airings), earn the film its PG - 13 rating, though to be fair, it's much tamer than today's typical PG - 13 fare.

Consisting of no digital touch - ups, over a dozen setting changes, loads of extras, unpredictable animals, air travel (that's right), musical numbers, and even a game of ping - pong, suffice to say, if Bi Gan's goal was to reinvent the language of film, he might have done achieved that goal, but I'm still dizzily reeling.»

Teachers of Key Stage 2 and 3 looking for ready made, tried and tested cross-curricular lesson plans, here's a question for you: what links modern children's myths and fables, geographic landmarks, mathematical code challenges, Sufi poetry, musical mastery and language learning?

Many of us who have attempted to begin the journey of learning to play an instrument are quickly confronted with the seemingly insurmountable challenge of making a reasonable sound, finding the correct pitch and reading the new language of musical notation.

A lack of resources is a clear issue, and the reason why we created a musical language learning package.

A few weeks ago we were having lunch at work, chatting about things we've always wanted to learn: new languages, musical instruments, flying an aircraft, ski jumping... you know the kind of conversation.

The number of students who are aware of school cliques based on any of the following: academic ability, athletic ability, beliefs, ethnicity, family income, gender, hobbies / interests, home neighborhood, primary language spoken, musical interest, personal appearance, race, sexual orientation, and / or style.

The number of students who have ever been part of a group that rejected others, based on academic ability, athletic ability, beliefs, ethnicity, family income, gender, hobbies / interests, home neighborhood, primary language spoken, musical interest, personal appearance, race, sexual orientation, or style.

The number of students who have felt unwelcome or rejected by a particular group because of their academic ability, athletic ability, beliefs, ethnicity, family income, gender, hobbies / interests, home neighborhood, primary language spoken, musical interest, personal appearance, race, sexual orientation, or style.

According to Dr. Matthew Lynch, «Instead of treating the arts like a separate, distant relative to other classroom endeavors, (arts integration) programs integrate musical instruments, painting, dancing, drawing, singing and more into traditional subjects like science, math and language.»

The following are common characteristics of gifted children, although not all will necessarily apply to every gifted child: • Has an extensive and detailed memory, particularly in a specific area of interest • Has advanced vocabulary for his or her age; uses precocious language • Has communication skills advanced for his or her age and is able to express ideas and feelings • Asks intelligent and complex questions • Is able to identify the important characteristics of new concepts and problems • Learns information quickly • Uses logic in arriving at common sense answers • Has a broad base of knowledge; a large quantity of information • Understands abstract ideas and complex concepts • Uses analogical thinking, problem solving, or reasoning • Observes relationships and sees connections • Finds and solves difficult and unusual problems • Understands principles, forms generalizations, and uses them in new situations • Wants to learn and is curious • Works conscientiously and has a high degree of concentration in areas of interest • Understands and uses various symbol systems • Is reflective about learning • Is enraptured by a specific subject • Has reading comprehension skills advanced for his or her age • Has advanced writing abilities for his or her age • Has strong artistic or musical abilities • Concentrates intensely for long periods of time, particularly in a specific area of interest • Is more aware, stimulated, and affected by surroundings • Experiences extreme positive or negative feelings • Experiences a strong physical reaction to emotion • Has a strong affective memory, re-living or re-feeling things long after the triggering event

Different learning needs may be associated with varied levels of oral language development, second language learners, kids who have never owned a box of crayons, never used a scissors for projects, or never played a musical instrument.

Critics on the board raised concerns about the discounted ticket price for students ($ 10), the use of adult language in the musical, and the stage production's accuracy of historical events and figures, the Salt Lake Tribune reported.

In the interview at BookBrowse Lindbergh explains that the language used came to her after extensive reading of the the old chronicles, but mostly from reading the eddas which are considerably more musical and poetic than the somewhat matter of fact chronicles.

Ragtime was named one of the 100 best English - language novels of the twentieth century by the editorial board of the Modern Library and was adapted into a successful Broadway musical in 1998.

Retaining the idea of merging both classical music and videogame arrangements, while also continuing the musical language and ideas from the first piano collections, we hope you enjoy these pieces!»

In these situations, he likes to listen to the scores from the franchise to «understand the musical language» of the different properties..

The vernacular language that Oursler employs is written to be spoken by «electronic entities» and carries a sort of musical cadence that makes his text surprisingly lyrical.